After watching some old school A-Team cartoons with pops, I got Mikade stoked on portraying the iconic character. I cut his hair. Glasses and vest were bought from Goodwill. We ironed on the word A-team on this vest which was adorned with jewels prior to the work I put in it. Shorts were size 24-month, … Read more
My son really wanted to make the “made of money guy” costume. At first this seemed easy; then challenging; then easy again. It’s kind of an experiment. When I first started this project I thought finding play money would be easy to find. You could find small amounts here and there but not enough for … Read more
I used a piece of foam for the body and stuffed it into a backpack. I also used long pieces of foam for the arms. I covered it up with a dress that has a hole for her face to pop out. The stump was covered in bandages and fake blood. This Headless Girl costume was … Read more
My daughter is 13 and didn’t want to be a witch or princess or any other girly monster, so I suggested a zombie because we both love the Walking Dead. She jumped at it. I volunteer at an op shop and grabbed a pair of old jeans and t shirt, and started cutting away. We … Read more
I wanted to be creative for my daughter. I brainstormed and came up with this Head on Platter costume. It was really fun to make. Everything was bought at the Dollar store except the box used as the table. My daughter stuck her head through the hole that I cut out. I painted her face … Read more
This Ash Ketchum and Pikachu costume creation was an awesome experience! My boyfriend and I were Pikachu and Ash for the infamous Halloween at Ohio University. This was the perfect choice for a college party. Pokemon was a 90’s fab and everyone in college made a connection with us. My boyfriend actually came up with … Read more
This year my 7 year old son wanted to be something scary. I’m not very crafty so I wanted to find something that looked unique, but would still be doable for someone with very little crafting ability! I looked through pinterest and found a “head-in-a-jar” costume. My son went nuts! He had to have it! … Read more
This year for Halloween my husband I picked our favorite Christmas characters from Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, Yukon Cornelius and the Bumble. This was and still is my most favorite Christmas movie! These costumes were actually pretty easy to make. We made Yukon Cornelius with an old blue jacket, a black belt, a toy … Read more
Walking Dead should be everyone’s favorite TV series ! And of course as well as everyone’s favorite character should be Daryl Dixon! Once my son said he wanted to be Daryl I immediately got to work. I decided to combine his look through all the seasons so he could be recognized. I first went to … Read more
Pokemon is our theme this year for Halloween as chosen by my boys. Zander chose Vaporeon, Kaiden chose Squirtle, and I chose Charmander. All of these Pokemon have been done before by various people online for Cosplays and such; however, none of them had instructions for the sewing-challenged like myself. I scoured the world wide … Read more
I am a huge horror movie fan, they scare the Bejesus out of me, but I have seen them all and cannot stop watching them. The movie that I have the hardest time with by far is the Exorcist. I thought that if I went as Regan for Halloween, it may be a form or … Read more
My wife and I love the movie UP. We had our little girl a few months ago, and we wanted to make her first Halloween very special. So while my wife and I dressed up as the main characters, we wanted our daughter to go as a Baby Snipe. This is how we did it: … Read more